Physx....

[hercules71185]

Ok I did a quick search on the forums. But, nothing that I saw, can someone either point me in the direction or help out..

I've seen rumors of people using older Nvidia cards as a physx card. Does that work? Will my cheap 8600gt slow down a gtx 280? Or would it be worth selling for 50 bucks. I know most games don't use it but, just in case they do it would be interesting if it helps out my system a bit.

[skier]

is there really a need to even have a physx card?

(especially when the GTX280 has physx built in(CUDA))

[DMB2000uk]

You can use that card as a dedicated physix unit.

There's an option somewhere in the nvidia control thing that you have to tick to enable it though.

Dan

[hercules71185]

Well, as of now, no I won't need one for maybe a few months. But, when more things and newer more demanding games come out I will and instead of running SLI when that happens maybe I could prolong it for a while with a dedicated card.

[hercules71185]

You can use that card as a dedicated physix unit.

There's an option somewhere in the nvidia control thing that you have to tick to enable it though.

Dan

Being that it is a slower card, would it slow down a card with a physics engine in it? As the previous poster said it already has CUDA. And the 8600gt is a slow outdated card now. Would it assist or take over the physics.

[martini161]

its slow and outdated but its more than enough for phisics...

[hercules71185]

its slow and outdated but its more than enough for phisics...

awesome thanks for the replies to all again.